Ibervillea

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Ibervillea
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Ibervillea lindheimeri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Ibervillea
Greene
Synonyms
  • DieterleaE.J.Lott
  • MaximowicziaCogn.
  • TumamocaRose

Ibervillea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. [1]

Its native range is Arizona, Oklahoma New Mexico, Texas and south to Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. [1]

The genus name of Ibervillea is in honour of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661–1706), a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of the Order of Saint-Louis, adventurer, privateer, trader, member of Compagnies Franches de la Marine and founder of the French colony of Louisiana in New France. [2] It was first described and published in Erythea Vol.3 on page 75 in 1895. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ibervillea Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.